A professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses.
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Outkast’s ‘Aquemini,’ The Blueprint of the Southern Black Renaissance, Turns 20
“Aquemini, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a blessing of an album that stands tall among the best bodies of work music has ever seen. It rests at the pinnacle of creativity, execution and emotion.”
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“The Anger of Women is an Earth-shattering Thing”: Lidia Yuknavitch on Resisting the Hero Narrative and the Body as a Generator of Stories.
“I’m going to say a blasphemous thing, which is we are so fucking done with the hero’s journey. It has been to our peril.”
Posted inNonfiction, Sports, Story, Uncategorized
The NHL’s Lacrosse Takeover
How two kids from London, Ontario birthed the most unique goal in hockey’s history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Technology
End of Discussion
There’s no such thing as a 140-character exegesis: the (non)-discourse around “Joker” is the latest to prove that social media is designed for emotion, not dialogue.
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The Power and Business of Hip-Hop: A Reading List on an American Art Form
Stories of hip-hop’s genius, influence, struggle, and endurance.
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Soli/dairy/ty
As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Culture, Current Events, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Elena Ferrante and the “My Brilliant Friend” Adaptation for HBO
Merve Emre interviews Elena Ferrante about an upcoming HBO adaptation of her novel, “My Brilliant Friend.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Protecting Your Writing Time In This Weird Time of Ours
Poet Patricia Lockwood offers ideas on how to keep writing in the unstable, toxic, distracting times we live in.
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After a Fashion
Trying so hard to set trends for the future, fashion’s institutions can’t stop stumbling over the past (and the present).
